H5T.get_nmembers

Number of elements in enumeration type

Syntax

output = H5T.get_nmembers(type_id)

Description

output = H5T.get_nmembers(type_id) retrieves the number of fields in a compound data type or the number of members of an enumeration data type. type_id is a data type identifier.

Examples

Determine the number of fields in a compound dataset.

fid = H5F.open('example.h5');
dset_id = H5D.open(fid,'/g3/compound');
dtype_id = H5D.get_type(dset_id);
nmembers = H5T.get_nmembers(dtype_id);